Matthew 28:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

New Living Translation
The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.

English Standard Version
And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.

Berean Study Bible
The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

New American Standard Bible
The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men.

NASB 1995
The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

NASB 1977
and the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.

Amplified Bible
The guards shook, paralyzed with fear [at the sight] of him and became like dead men [pale and immobile].

Christian Standard Bible
The guards were so shaken by fear of him that they became like dead men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The guards were so shaken from fear of him that they became like dead men.

Contemporary English Version
The guards shook from fear and fell down, as though they were dead.

Good News Translation
The guards were so afraid that they trembled and became like dead men.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The guards were so deathly afraid of him that they shook.

International Standard Version
Trembling from fear, even the guards themselves became catatonic.

NET Bible
The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

New King James Version
And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.

King James 2000 Bible
And for fear of him the guards did shake, and became as dead men.

New Heart English Bible
For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.

World English Bible
For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.

American King James Version
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

American Standard Version
and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

A Faithful Version
And for fear of him, those who were keeping guard trembled, and became as dead men.

Darby Bible Translation
And for fear of him the guards trembled and became as dead men.

English Revised Version
and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

Webster's Bible Translation
And for fear of him the keepers trembled and became as dead men.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And for feare of him, the keepers were astonied, and became as dead men.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And for feare of him, the kepers were astonyed, and became as dead men.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But ye watch me were troubled for feare of him, and became as though they were deed.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And for feare of him the kepers were astunnyed and became as deed men.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and from the fear of him the keepers shook, and they became as dead men.

Berean Literal Bible
And those keeping guard trembled from fear of him, and they became as dead men.

Young's Literal Translation
and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

Smith's Literal Translation
And from fear of him the keepers were shaken, and were as dead.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And from fear of him, those keeping guard shook and became like as dead men.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then, out of fear of him, the guards were terrified, and they became like dead men.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And from dread of him, those who were keeping watch were shaken, and they became like dead men.

Lamsa Bible
And for fear of him the guards who were watching trembled, and became as if they were dead.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
From fear of him the keepers did shake and become like dead men.

Godbey New Testament
And from fear of him the keepers did quake, and they became like dead men.

Haweis New Testament
And for fear of him the guards shook, and became as dead men.

Mace New Testament
for fear of whom the keepers shook, and were almost struck dead.

Weymouth New Testament
For fear of him the guards trembled violently, and became like dead men.

Worrell New Testament
and, from fear of him, those keeping watch were shaken, and became as dead.

Worsley New Testament
and the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men:)
















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